This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
Writing
Pete Smith's sarcastic narration delivers era-specific burns.
Practical Effects
Real audience actors committing to cartoonish rudeness.
Editing
Snappy timing makes each pest vignette hit harder.
Director
Will Jason
Pete Smith
Narrator (voice)
William Bailey
Man Whose Foot Gets Stepped On (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Man Whose Hat Gets Sat On (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Woman Whose Vision Gets Blocked (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Harry Parke
Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (uncredited)
Jacqueline White
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pete Smith narrated over 250 MGM shorts; this format essentially invented the 'annoying things people do' comedy template later stolen by observational stand-up.
May McAvoy, the blocked-vision woman, was a silent film star who played Esther in 1925's 'Ben-Hur' — talk about falling from biblical epic to peanut comedy.
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